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ⓘ About Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte, who lived between the early and mid-nineteenth century, was an English woman of letters. Bronte was born in April 1816 in Thornton upon West Yorkshire, in the UK, and passed away in March 1855. During her time, she was an acclaimed novelist-cum-poet, educator, and doubled up as a governess. She is a notable figure in the context of European literature and particularly Victorian literature. Charlotte Bronte, who died of suspected tuberculosis or possibly typhus –the issue is controversial– in her late thirties, authored several standalone novels, an omnibus, collections, and nonfiction work. In fact, some of her work is juvenilia. At the time of her premature death, she was still pregnant.
All Book Series by Charlotte Bronte
Castle Rackrent
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 1800 Anthology · Maria Edgeworth
The Diary of A Young Girl / The Diary of Anne Frank
Book 6 of 16 · published 1947 Anthology · Anne Frank
The Story of My Life: Hellen Keller
Book 7 of 16 · published 2024 Anthology · Hellen Keller
Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Book 9 of 16 · published 2024 Anthology · Harriet Jacobs
Anna Howard Shaw - The Story of a Pioneer
Book 10 of 16 · published 2024 Anthology · Anna Howard Shaw
Jane Addams - Twenty Years at Hull-House
Book 11 of 16 · published 2024 Anthology · Jane Addams
The Yellow Wallpaper
Book 12 of 16 · published 2025 Anthology · Charlotte P. Gilman
The Letters of Emily Dickinson
Book 14 of 16 · published 2025 Anthology · Martha Dickinson Biachi
Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2025 Anthology · Gertrude Stein
Persuasion
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 1818 Anthology · Jane Austen
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Book 3 of 40 · published 1861 Anthology · Harriet Ann Jacobs
Lady Audley's Secret
Book 4 of 40 · published 1862 Anthology · Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
Book 5 of 40 · published 1892 Anthology · Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories
Book 7 of 40 · published 1899 Anthology · Alice Dunbar-Nelson
The Custom of the Country
Book 8 of 40 · published 1913 Anthology · Edith Wharton
Regiment of Women
Book 10 of 40 · published 1917 Anthology · Clemence Dane,Melissa Broder
The Heads of Cerberus
Book 11 of 40 · published 1919 Anthology · Francis Stevens
Powder And Patch / The Transformation of Philip Jettan
Book 12 of 40 · published 1923 Anthology · Georgette Heyer
A Daughter of the Samurai
Book 13 of 40 · published 1925 Anthology · Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
The Return of the Soldier
Book 19 of 40 · published 1970 Anthology · Rebecca West
The Selected Poetry
Book 20 of 40 · published 2002 Anthology · Edna St. Vincent Millay,Olivia Gatwood,Nancy Milford
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
Book 21 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Narrative Of Sojourner Truth
Book 23 of 40 · published 2019 Anthology · Sojourner Truth,Oliver Gilbert
There Is Confusion
Book 24 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · Jessie Redmon Fauset
The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa
Book 26 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · Sawako Nakayasu,Chika Sagawa
The Squatter and the Don
Book 27 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · Ana Castillo,María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
Mrs. Spring Fragrance: and Other Writings
Book 28 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · C Pam Zhang,Sui Sin Far
The Southern Woman: Selected Fiction
Book 29 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · Elizabeth Spencer
The Princess of 72nd Street
Book 30 of 40 · published 2024 Anthology · Elaine Kraf
I Am Clarence
Book 31 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Sarah Manguso,Elaine Kraf
Lolly Willowes or, the loving huntsman
Book 32 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Sylvia Townsend Warner
Plum Bun Without a Moral
Book 34 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Jessie Redmon Fauset
Nothing Grows by Moonlight
Book 36 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Torborg Nedreaas
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Book 38 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Katherine Mansfield,Sloane Crosley
Goodbye, Ramona
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Montserrat Roig
Great Expectations
Series opener · book 1 of 131 · published 1861 Anthology · Charles Dickens
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off
Book 2 of 131 · published 1987 Anthology · Liz Lochhead
Love Upon the Throne
Book 16 of 131 · published 2000 Anthology · Patrick Barlow
I Just Stopped by to See the Man
Book 18 of 131 · published 2001 Anthology · Stephen Jeffreys
Push Up
Book 19 of 131 · published 2002 Anthology · Roland Schimmelpfennig,Maja Zade
His Dark Materials
Book 20 of 131 · published 2005 Anthology · Philip Pullman,Nicholas Wright
How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Book 25 of 131 · published 2007 Anthology · Fin Kennedy
Tuesdays at Tesco's
Book 30 of 131 · published 2009 Anthology · Emmanuel Darley,Matthew Hurt,Sarah Vermande
When the Rain Stops Falling
Book 31 of 131 · published 2009 Anthology · Andrew Bovell
The Convict's Opera
Book 34 of 131 · published 2010 Anthology · Stephen Jeffreys
So You Want To Go To Drama School?
Book 35 of 131 · published 2011 Anthology · Helen Freeman
The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays
Book 36 of 131 · published 2011 Anthology · Fin Kennedy
Sex with a Stranger
Book 37 of 131 · published 2012 Anthology · Stefan Golaszewski
The Last of the Haussmans
Book 44 of 131 · published 2012 Anthology · Stephen Beresford
The Browning Version
Book 50 of 131 · published 2013 Anthology · Terence Rattigan
Jez Butterworth Plays: One
Book 52 of 131 · published 2013 Anthology · Jez Butterworth
#Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei
Book 55 of 131 · published 2013 Anthology · Weiwei Ai
Let the Right One In
Book 59 of 131 · published 2013 Anthology · John Ajvide Lindqvist,Jack Thorne
The Deep Blue Sea
Book 60 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Dan Rebellato,Terence Rattigan
Burying Your Brother In The Pavement
Book 63 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Jack Thorne
Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
Book 64 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Enda Walsh
The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions
Book 65 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · John S.C. Abbott
Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind
Book 67 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Terence Rattigan
All the Way HomeBook 0)
Book 71 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Ayub Khan Din
Notes on Falling LeavesBook 0)
Book 72 of 131 · published 2014 Anthology · Ayub Khan-Din
The Solid Life Of Sugar Water
Book 80 of 131 · published 2015 Anthology · Jack Thorne
Kiss Me Quickstep
Book 83 of 131 · published 2016 Anthology · Amanda Whittington
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child- A Play
Book 87 of 131 · published 2016 Anthology · J.K. Rowling,Jack Thorne,John Tiffany
Plasticine
Book 89 of 131 · published 2016 Anthology · Sasha Dugdale,Vassily Sigarev
Nice Fish
Book 92 of 131 · published 2016 Anthology · Louis Jenkins,Mark Rylance
Saying Yes
Book 99 of 131 · published 2017 Anthology · Griselda Gambaro,Sebastian Doggart
Goats
Book 101 of 131 · published 2017 Anthology · Liwaa Yazji,Katharine Halls
Jekyll & Hyde
Book 102 of 131 · published 2017 Anthology · Robert Louis Stevenson,Evan Placey
Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer
Book 103 of 131 · published 2017 Anthology · Michel Tremblay,Martin Bowman,Bill Findlay
The Road to Huntsville
Book 110 of 131 · published 2018 Anthology · Stephanie Ridings
Stephen Jeffreys: Plays
Book 111 of 131 · published 2018 Anthology · Stephen Jeffreys
The Prisoner
Book 116 of 131 · published 2018 Anthology · Peter Brook,Marie-Hélène Estienne
The End Of History...
Book 119 of 131 · published 2019 Anthology · Jack Thorne
Jez Butterworth Plays: Two
Book 124 of 131 · published 2020 Anthology · Jez Butterworth
Family: Three Plays
Book 125 of 131 · published 2020 Anthology · Iain Crichton Smith,Linda McLean,Riccardo Galgani
James IV: Queen Of The Fight
Book 128 of 131 · published 2022 Anthology · Rona Munro
When Winston Went To War With The Wireless
Book 129 of 131 · published 2023 Anthology · Jack Thorne
The Motive And The Cue
Book 130 of 131 · published 2023 Anthology · Jack Thorne
James V: Katherine
Latest in the series · book 131 of 131 · published 2025 Anthology · Rona Munro
Shirley, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale
Single-title series · published 2018 Anthology · Currer Bell
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Charlotte Bronte?
Charlotte Bronte, who lived between the early and mid-nineteenth century, was an English woman of letters. Bronte was born in April 1816 in Thornton upon West Yorkshire, in the UK, and passed away in March 1855. During her time, she was an acclaimed novelist-cum-poet, educator, and doubled up as a governess.
Which Charlotte Bronte series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Women Writers of the World series, the earliest of Charlotte Bronte's multi-book series: it opens with Castle Rackrent (1800) and runs to 16 books across 1800–2025, ending with Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Gertrude Stein (2025). Charlotte Bronte's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Charlotte Bronte written?
Charlotte Bronte has 210 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1800 and 2026. 188 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the NHB Modern Plays series with 131 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Charlotte Bronte's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Charlotte Bronte's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Women Writers of the World (1800–2025, 16 books), NHB Modern Plays (1861–2025, 131 books) and Shirley (3 volumes) (2018, 1 book).
How are Charlotte Bronte's books organised into series?
This guide splits Charlotte Bronte's 210 books into 4 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: NHB Modern Plays (131 books, 1861–2025); Women Writers of the World (16 books, 1800–2025); Shirley (3 volumes) (1 book, 2018); Modern Library Torchbearers (40 books, 1818–2026).